71 get life sentences for torching Christian church in Egypt

An
Egyptian court has sentenced 71 people to life in prison for their role
in the August 2013 burning of a Christian church in the Giza province
village of Kafr Hakim, state news reports.

The
Virgin Mary Church was torched and looted by a mob, some of whom
chanted against Coptic Christians and called for Egypt to become an
"Islamic state," one of at least 42 churches and many more businesses
and homes targeted that August, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch
reports. Others attacked included St. George Church in Sohag, a city
south of Cairo on the Nile River, and Prince Tadros Church in Fayoum,
which is southwest of Cairo, according to reports.

In
addition to those getting life sentences, two minors were sentenced to
10 years in prison and fined 10,000 Egyptian pounds (about $1,300),
Egypt's official Egynews reported.

Most of those sentenced -- 52 of the 73 defendants -- were tried in absentia, with 21 already in prison, according to Egynews.

Some
blamed the church and other attacks on supporters of the Muslim
Brotherhood, the Islamist movement that backed Mohamed Morsy. Morsy
became Egypt's first democratically elected president following the
ouster of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Morsy was pushed out by Egypt's
military.

Morsy was sentenced to 20 years in prison
earlier this month after being convicted on charges related to violence
outside the presidential palace in December 2012. But he was acquitted
of murder in the deaths of protesters.

Journalist Sarah Sirgany reported from Cairo and CNN's Greg Botelho reported and wrote this story from Atlanta.

Cairo (CNN)An
Egyptian court has sentenced 71 people to life in prison for their role
in the August 2013 burning of a Christian church in the Giza province
village of Kafr Hakim, state news reports.

The
Virgin Mary Church was torched and looted by a mob, some of whom
chanted against Coptic Christians and called for Egypt to become an
"Islamic state," one of at least 42 churches and many more businesses
and homes targeted that August, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch
reports. Others attacked included St. George Church in Sohag, a city
south of Cairo on the Nile River, and Prince Tadros Church in Fayoum,
which is southwest of Cairo, according to reports.

In
addition to those getting life sentences, two minors were sentenced to
10 years in prison and fined 10,000 Egyptian pounds (about $1,300),
Egypt's official Egynews reported.

Most of those sentenced -- 52 of the 73 defendants -- were tried in absentia, with 21 already in prison, according to Egynews.

Some
blamed the church and other attacks on supporters of the Muslim
Brotherhood, the Islamist movement that backed Mohamed Morsy. Morsy
became Egypt's first democratically elected president following the
ouster of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Morsy was pushed out by Egypt's
military.

Morsy was sentenced to 20 years in prison
earlier this month after being convicted on charges related to violence
outside the presidential palace in December 2012. But he was acquitted
of murder in the deaths of protesters.

Journalist Sarah Sirgany reported from Cairo and CNN's Greg Botelho reported and wrote this story from Atlanta.

Cairo (CNN)An
Egyptian court has sentenced 71 people to life in prison for their role
in the August 2013 burning of a Christian church in the Giza province
village of Kafr Hakim, state news reports.

The
Virgin Mary Church was torched and looted by a mob, some of whom
chanted against Coptic Christians and called for Egypt to become an
"Islamic state," one of at least 42 churches and many more businesses
and homes targeted that August, the advocacy group Human Rights Watch
reports. Others attacked included St. George Church in Sohag, a city
south of Cairo on the Nile River, and Prince Tadros Church in Fayoum,
which is southwest of Cairo, according to reports.

In
addition to those getting life sentences, two minors were sentenced to
10 years in prison and fined 10,000 Egyptian pounds (about $1,300),
Egypt's official Egynews reported.

Most of those sentenced -- 52 of the 73 defendants -- were tried in absentia, with 21 already in prison, according to Egynews.

Some
blamed the church and other attacks on supporters of the Muslim
Brotherhood, the Islamist movement that backed Mohamed Morsy. Morsy
became Egypt's first democratically elected president following the
ouster of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Morsy was pushed out by Egypt's
military.

Morsy was sentenced to 20 years in prison
earlier this month after being convicted on charges related to violence
outside the presidential palace in December 2012. But he was acquitted
of murder in the deaths of protesters.

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